GHSA-438m-6mhw-hq5w CVE-2025-9822
Mautic vulnerable to secret data extraction via elfinder
- Severity
- 5.5 / 10
- Medium · CVSS 3.1
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 0.24%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 15.27% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Weakness
- CWE-283 Unverified Ownership
- Fix
4.4.17- Upgrade mautic/core to this version or later
Description
Summary
A user with administrator rights can change the configuration of the mautic application and extract secrets that are not normally available.
Impact
An administrator who usually does not have access to certain parameters, such as database credentials, can disclose them.
Affected versions
Packagist
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| mautic/core | >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.17 |
4.4.17 |
| mautic/core | >= 5.0.0-alpha, < 5.2.8 |
5.2.8 |
| mautic/core | >= 6.0.0-alpha, < 6.0.5 |
6.0.5 |
How to fix
Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.
mautic/core Packagist → 4.4.17
- composer
composer require mautic/core:^4.4.17
Severity breakdown
CVSS 3.1 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Weakness
CWE-283: Unverified Ownership
The product does not properly verify that a critical resource is owned by the proper entity.
How to prevent it
- Architecture and Design, Operation: Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
- Architecture and Design: Consider following the principle of separation of privilege. Require multiple conditions to be met before permitting access to a system resource.
References
Advisories
Packages
Other links
Timeline
- Published
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why it's related |
|---|---|---|
| GHSA-5hvg-w58j-545m Mautic has Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Project Option Selector | Medium | Also affects mautic/core |
| GHSA-7h65-whp7-rgqf Mautic has Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Projects Component | High | Also affects mautic/core |
| GHSA-2jrw-c95w-h43g Mautic has an Authorization Bypass in API v2 Endpoints | High | Also affects mautic/core |
| GHSA-6r9h-4h75-7q4x Mautic vulnerable to Path Traversal via Campaign Import | Critical | Also affects mautic/core |
| GHSA-9fx4-7cmj-47vg Mautic has Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) in Theme Templates | Critical | Also affects mautic/core |
| GHSA-jmv8-8j9j-rcpc Mautic Focus component Vulnerable to SSRF | Medium | Also affects mautic/core |
| GHSA-fcmw-wx57-9p75 Mautic has SQL Injection in API Contact Filtering | High | Also affects mautic/core |
| GHSA-r5j5-q42h-fc93 Mautic is Vulnerable to SQL Injection through Contact Activity API Sorting | High | Also affects mautic/core |
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